SpaceX prepares mission, sea landing for Feb 24

Feb 14, 2016, 07:58
SpaceX prepares mission, sea landing for Feb 24

In a statementSES said that SpaceX is presently completing an extended series of testing and pre-flight validation prior to the SES-9 launch. The satellite weighs 11,700-pound (5,300-kg) and has been manufactured by Boeing.

The company hasn't landed a booster intact on a drone ship yet in three tries, but came tantalizingly close the last time, during the January launch from California of Jason-3, a worldwide ocean-monitoring mission. The Luxembourg based-owner of the satellite announced the launch date on a Falcon 9 rocket Monday.

The company referred questions to SpaceX, which did not immediately return requests for comment. "We stuck the landing, and then we unstuck it", said SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell to attendees of a recent Federal Aviation Administration conference.

SES-9 was originally scheduled for launch late previous year.

SpaceX successfully launched the SES-8 satellite in December 2013. The main body of the rocket is called a rocket core.

SpaceX is additionally looking to re fly its rockets, conceivably slicing dispatch costs.

Despite these setbacks, the company remains committed to becoming the first company ever to complete a successful sea platform landing. Due to the breakdown of one of four landing legs, the rocket stage fell over and caused explosion. Unlike last month's Pacific landing, SpaceX plans to land the rocket in the waters off the east coast of the United States. The California-based company has boosted the manufacturing operations for its Falcon 9 rockets.

The recouped supporter, which touched down on an arrival cushion at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, was a test-let go a month ago. For the SES mission, the rocket will be out of reach for an arrival endeavor back at the Florida dispatch site, SpaceX said.

 

 

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